How long does it take to read The Cat of Bubastes?
a tale of ancient Egypt
The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty takes about 5 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 12 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1888. 284 pages, about 78,100 words. Written for children.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 167 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In 1250 B.C. the teenaged son of the Egyptian high priest sets off a series of harrowing events when he accidentally kills the sacred cat of Bubastes and, accompanied by his sister and two foreign slaves, embarks on a dangerous journey to find safe haven beyond the borders of Egypt.
Subjects: Adventure and adventurers, Juvenile fiction, Adventure and adventurers in fiction, Fiction, Egypt in fiction, History
